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By FRANK KENNEDY
Assistant Sports Editor
- It won't be easy. Nobody ever said it
would.
And, after dropping the first three games
of the season, no one on North Carolina's
softball squad is thinking it will be.
Coach Susan Clark's team came into the
1983 campaign with high hopes, and some of
those dreams may yet be fulfilled with a long
slate of games remaining. . ; : ; - .
To do that, however, it is going to take a
strong dose of bat fever. In other words, no
bats means no hits which means no runs.
And that is precisely what has plagued the
Tar Heel women in two of their first three
games.
After opening the season on March 3 with
a tough 6-5 loss to South Florida, UNC tra
velled to Gainesville, Fla. for a doubleheader,
only to come away with 6-1 and 5-0 losses.
The problem? Clark comes right to the point.
"We just can't seem to hit the ball," she
said.
So much for diagnosis. The cure? It may
1983 Softball Schedule
Mar. 15 NCA&T State Greensboro, NC Apr. 7 UNC-Charlotte . CHAPEL HILL
Mar. 17 Appalachian State CHAPEL HILL Apr. 12 NC Stale Raleigh, NC,
Mar, 17 CarcpbcII CH APEL HILL Red Diamond)
Mar. 19 UNC-G Greensboro, NC Apr. 15- UNC-Charlotte Charlotte, NC
Invitational (Iindley Park) 16 ; Invitational (Hornet's Nest
Mar. 22 East Carolina CHAPEL HILL Park)
Mar, 25- Catamount Classic CuIIowhee, NC Apr. 18 NC A&T Stale CHAPEL HILL
26 Apr. 21 Campbell Buies Creek, NC
Mar. 29 UNC-Charlotte Charlotte, NC Apr. 29-, Invitational State Graham, NC
Mar. 31 NC State . CHAPEL HILL Tournament (Graham
Apr. 5 . East Carolina Greenville, NC , Municipal Park)
ALL OF NORTH CAROLINA'S HOME GAMES WILL
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Mar. 1$ Connecticut
Mar. 16 Fairfield (DID
Mar, 17 Old Dominion
Mar. 18 William & Mary
Mar. 19 Duke
Mar. 20 NC State
Mar. 21 Ohio
Mar. 22 Ohio
Mar. 22 Tennessee,
Mar. 23" Wake Forest
Mar, 24 UNC-Charlotte
Mar. 26 Maryland
Mar. 27 Virginia
Mar. 28 Davidson
Mar. 29 NewYork-Euffala
Mar, 30 Duke ,
Mar. 31 New York-Caf Falo
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Durham, NC
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Scott Bankhead , So. 5-11 175 Reidsville, NC
Shawn Dean Sr 5-9 165 Aurora, CO
Gordon Douglas - Fr. 6-3 195 Greenville, NC
Bill Gallagher Sr. 6-1 195 Peekskifl, NY
Jeff Hubbard Jr. 5-11 175 Walpole, NH
Mike Jedziniak ' 5-10 170 " Beachwood, NJ
Scott Johnson Fr. 6-1 190 Edison, NJ .
Stuart Jump Sr. . 6-3 190 Signal Mountain, TN
Chris Kahier So. 6-5 200 Rcckville, MD
Gres Karpuk So, 6-1 190 South Glastonbury, CN
Tim Kirk Fr. 6-0 170 Salisbury, NC -'
Mike Kowalski . Jr. 6-1 180 New Hyde Park, NY
Pets Kumie3 Sr. 6-3 210 Longmeadow, MA
Glenn Liacouras Fr. , 5-10 175 West Chester, PA
TimMcGee Fr. ,. 6-1" 175 - Chestertown, MD
Steve McGuIre So. 6-4 150 Morris Plains, NJ
Chris March So. 6-2 195 Nwark, BE
JonO'Leary Fr. 5-11 190 Summit, NJ
Drad Powell So. 6-6 215 EaskL-g Ridge, NJ
Tc.-nRecd So. 6-3 1S5 Fairfax, VA
Drex Roberts So. - 6-1 - 190 Slier City, NC
C:il Robinson Fr. .6-5 1S5 Turnersville, NJ
Greg Schulcr Sr. 6-2 190 Fairfax Station, VA -
B.J.Surhoff . Fr. 6-1 175 Rye, NY
Jim Thrift So. 6-3 185 Vienna, VA
Walt Weiss Fr. 5-10 165 Suffera. NY
Todd Wilkinson Jr. 6-3 200 Pease AFB, NH
Rerer Williams Fr. 6-0 1S5 CreenvIIIe, NC
lie in the depth of the Tar Heels, lineup itself.
Clark returns seven starters from 1982's
squad, a unit which turned in a 34-28-1 per
formance over the long haul.
The tops among those seven is All-America
outfielder Rose Borkowski, a Miami, Fla.
native who led the team in batting and field
ing last year.
The rest of the outfield includes veteran
starters Don Kovanen (an All-America soc
cer player in the fall) and Janet Braxton. So
far, the defensive output by the fielders has
been solid as expected. ,
Around the diamond are veterans Marsha
Brown at third base, shortstop Suzie Eve
rette, first baseman Kay Holt and catcher
Ginny Shriner.
The other two field positions belong to
freshmen. Melissa Jarrell is handling second
base while Sheila King completes the outfield
group.
Cathy Pritchard, last year's starter on the
mound, returns for UNC and is hoping for a
productive season.
One of the problems that persistently
nagged the 1982 edition of Clark's squad was
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Howard
East Carolina
Campbell
Wake Forest
Davidson
Clemson
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NC State
East Carolina , ,
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Winston-Salem
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Clemson, SC
Atlanta, GA
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inconsistency. The Tar Heels scored a
season-high 29 runs against North Carolina
A&T, and showed the potential to explode
for runs on numerous other occasions. Clark
hopes the team will come around in the hit
ting department.
"We brought in a lot more people than we
lost (last year) and they are all excellent play
ers," she said. "We still will not overpower
anyone, but we have good line drive hitters
that can collect a lot of hits."
If there is any consolation to the early loss
es it has to be the knowledge that the squad
not only dropped its first three outings in
1982, but actually lost five of seven games
before failing to lose again in a nine-game
hot streak..
If the same kind of chemistry can develop
on this year's squad, if the hurlers can shut
down some of the more powerful opponents,
if the Tar Heel batters can swing with a high
degree of efficiency. . .
Those afe a lot of "ifs," and Clark's
squad hopes to turn into "whens." But, it
won't be easy. It just won't be easy.
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